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1958 Kansas City Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1957 / 1959

73-81, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Craft (73-81)
Scored 642 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-84

Ballparks: Municipal Stadium · Attendance: 925,090 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 107

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1957 / 1959 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Mike Baxes 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 18, 1930 2 73 59 73 65 0 0 0 61 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 4 -1.1
Wally Burnette 29 R R 6' 0" 178 Jun 20, 1929 3 12 4 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Chico Carrasquel 32 R R 6' 0" 170 Jan 23, 1926 9 59 39 59 50 0 0 0 0 30 24 0 0 0 0 10 2 -0.5
Bob Cerv 32 R R 6' 0" 200 May 5, 1926 8 141 135 141 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 6 0 6.7 All-Star
Harry Chiti 25 R R 6' 2" 221 Nov 16, 1932 6 103 75 103 83 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 1.1
Glenn Cox 27 R R 6' 2" 210 Feb 3, 1931 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Walt Craddock 26 R L 5' 11" 176 Mar 25, 1932 3 23 1 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Bud Daley 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 7, 1932 4 26 5 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Bob Davis 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 11, 1933 1st 8 4 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Joe DeMaestri 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 9, 1928 8 139 132 139 137 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 3 1 -0.3
Murry Dickson 41 R R 5' 10" 157 Aug 21, 1916 17 28 9 28 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.4
Carl Duser 25 L L 6' 1" 175 Jul 22, 1932 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ned Garver 32 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1925 11 31 28 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Tom Gorman 33 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 4, 1925 7 50 1 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Milt Graff 27 L R 5' 7" 158 Dec 30, 1930 2 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.0
Bob Grim 28 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 8, 1930 5 26 14 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Kent Hadley 23 L L 6' 3" 190 Dec 17, 1934 1st 3 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Woodie Held 26 R R 5' 10" 167 Mar 25, 1932 3 47 34 47 44 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 41 0 41 4 2 -0.1
Ray Herbert 28 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 15, 1929 6 42 16 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
Whitey Herzog HOF 26 L L 5' 11" 182 Nov 9, 1931 3 88 15 88 58 0 0 22 0 0 0 29 7 1 37 36 8 0.2
Frank House 28 L R 6' 1" 190 Feb 18, 1930 7 76 52 76 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0.8
Billy Hunter 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1928 6 22 17 22 21 0 0 0 8 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.2
Ken Johnson 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Jun 16, 1933 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Alex Kellner 33 R L 6' 0" 200 Aug 26, 1924 11 8 6 8 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.8
Lou Klimchock 18 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 15, 1939 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hector Lopez 28 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 8, 1929 4 151 145 151 148 0 0 0 94 57 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 3.0
Duke Maas 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 31, 1929 4 10 7 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Roger Maris 23 L R 6' 0" 197 Sep 10, 1934 2 99 98 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 90 99 1 0 1.3
Bob Martyn 27 L R 6' 0" 176 Aug 15, 1930 2 95 52 95 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1 50 63 37 1 0.9
Dave Melton 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 3, 1928 2 9 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 3 -0.2
Vic Power 30 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 1, 1927 5 52 50 52 50 0 0 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.8
Howie Reed 21 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 21, 1936 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Harry Simpson 32 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 7 78 52 78 54 0 0 43 0 0 0 9 0 2 11 25 0 1.2
Jim Small 21 L L 6' 1" 180 Mar 8, 1937 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -0.1
Hal Smith 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 4 99 85 99 88 0 31 14 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 1.3
Ralph Terry 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Jan 9, 1936 3 40 33 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Dick Tomanek 27 L L 6' 1" 175 Jan 6, 1931 4 36 2 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Virgil Trucks 41 R R 5' 11" 198 Apr 26, 1917 17 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
John Tsitouris 22 R R 6' 0" 175 May 4, 1936 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bill Tuttle 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 4, 1929 6 148 131 148 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 40 145 11 2 0.2
Jack Urban 29 R R 5' 8" 155 Dec 5, 1928 2 31 24 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.9
Preston Ward 30 L R 6' 4" 190 Jul 24, 1927 8 81 72 81 72 0 0 39 0 34 0 2 0 0 2 9 0 -0.6
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Chico Carrasquel
Billy Hunter
Joe DeMaestri
Dave Melton
Milt Graff
Lou Klimchock
Woodie Held
Harry Simpson
Walt Craddock
Vic Power
Preston Ward
Harry Chiti

Hal Smith
Hector Lopez
Mike Baxes
Frank House
Bill Tuttle
Carl Duser
Carl Duser
Dick Tomanek
Glenn Cox
Howie Reed

Harry Chiti
Kent Hadley
Alex Kellner
John Tsitouris
Jack Urban
Bud Daley
Whitey Herzog
Virgil Trucks
Wally Burnette
Bob Davis
Ralph Terry

Ken Johnson
Bud Daley
Murry Dickson
Walt Craddock
Ned Garver
Bob Martyn
Bob Cerv
Bob Grim
Duke Maas

Roger Maris
Dave Melton
Jim Small
Frank House
Tom Gorman
Ray Herbert
Dick Tomanek
Murry Dickson

1957 / 1959 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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